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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1894
Page
4
A patchwork of Wooster city notes reports missing earnings, legal cases, and civic repairs. Local business moves, jury lists, post office burglary, and street work populate a busy week amid weather, directory updates, and a Harlem gospel wagon parade.
Advertisement for Positiva Care for Constipation promotes a capsule sold by Laubach and Boyd. Claims money back guarantee and urges trial. Includes archaic spellings and unclear contact details, with marketing language about blood and proof.
Wooster town notes list Akron visitors D H Pierson and A C Collings, Cleveland and Chicago travelers, officials and business men calling on local friends, wedding and church events, and residents moving or returning. Mentions Rev Jesse Fisher of Verdon Neb, J Hess ex county commissioner, and Prohibition candidate James Scott among locals and visitors.
City Council discussed W A Wilson et al proposal to extend West South Street and grade gutters. property owners offered 60 feet of land donation with no damages. council set time for condemnation actions and requested plotting of lands for city acceptance. other measures included street obstructions, whistle policy, water gauge, and sewer district tax and repairs.
Rev Joho B Paxton, former pastor of West Presbyterian, has returned to New York and rumors say a church may be built for him by Standard Oil magnates and other admirers of the eloquent preacher.
A fire at the Orrville Biani Mill Co. building swept the structure in minutes, with flames posing a danger to a nearby barn where a horse perished. The blaze caused an estimated $1,000 in damage, aided by water-supply constraints and swift fire department action.
Washington Court House Oct 18 19 Additional troops arrive to restrain a riot over William Dolby a Black man sentenced to 20 years for criminal assault on Mrs Mary Boyd. Mob clashes with militia. several killed and wounded as courthouse and jail are attacked. Governor McKinley appealed for order while townsfolk flood in with fear and grief.
The ill fated Louisville and Jeffersonville bridge near town suffered a new accident on October 18 as the fourth span’s false work collapsed while men removed it. Williams Presnoy and Millhouse of Beaver Falls Pa fell into a barge. Millhouse sustained severe injuries and is feared fatally hurt. The other two workers walked home after minor hurts.
The Iron Trade Review notes October activity lagging behind August and September with pig iron output near 4.2 million tons annually, about 1 million below the record. Prices weaken as production outpaces demand while billets suffer from tinplate mill shutdowns. Bridge orders remain a bright spot for Western mills.
The Emma Willard Association led by President Russell Sage sent invitations for its fourth annual banquet held today at the Windsor hotel. A biographical record of pupils from the first half century is being prepared, with Mrs A W Fairbanks of Providence chosen to compile and edit the work. She is the widow of A V Fairbanks, former owner of the Cleveland Herald.
King Alexander the one year old ruler of Servia arrives from Budapest in a visit with Emperor William. Large preparations signal political significance as the decorated railway station hosts a guard of honor. The emperors inspect the guard, then proceed to the palace escorted by guards for a gala dinner at the new palace.
The court determines the Bosler law valid and grants mandamus for A C Robeson against Sheriff H Jacobi of Darke County. Sheriff ordered to issue a proclamation calling elections of judges under the law.
The Supreme Court sustains a law limiting intoxicating liquor sales within a protected zone around the Soldiers' Home. The ruling follows a challenge by Nelson Driggs, a Caldwell-area press worker, in a case from Day County.
At the Lexow committee session Inspector Williams faced questions about police exactions on East Side businesses and soda fountain operators. Witnesses described a system of tribute for attending events and protecting establishments, with officials from various units implicated in alleged revenue schemes. In Ohio, the Ohio Woman’s Christian Temperance Union elected officers with Cleveland chosen as the 1895 meeting site.
A reported attempt on attorney Al Whitney’s life in Delawake unsettles residents. Police note B A Bennett and Lela Bennett, with Ed Boggs and India Sam years ago, implicated in a related case. Whitney, seated beside his buggy near Maxtown, escaped when his horse bolted as Bennett drew a pistol and swore. Local officials describe the incident as tied to the BennettBoggs matter.
Upper Saxproxy Oct 18 neighbors Hart and Black sat with Carey resident Jack Greenow whose leg was amputated by a boiler explosion. Black warned Hart alone at midnight. Hart fetched help, Black beat Greenow severely. Injuries feared fatal. citizens indignant. lynching threats loom.
The International Anti Gambling association announced its constitution and by laws at a special meeting. The chief office is to be in Chicago with branches in other large U.S. cities and plans to extend to major population centers abroad.
Moyune, a new engined steamer bought in England by Japanese interests, arrived at Yokohama after a 33 day passage from Cardiff covering about 6000 miles without stopping. Chinese warships pursued but were evaded.
Attleboro marks two centuries since its incorporation, a milestone that originally covered present day Attleboro North Attleboro and Cumberland. Town residents and former locals join in the observances.
Assistant Secretary Reynolds of the Interior Department rules section 4718 of the revised statutes applies to pensions under the July 27 1907 act for survivors of Indian wars. The ruling allows a widow of a deceased soldier to prosecute his pending claim and receive accrued pension to the date of death, reversing the 1898 Commissioner of Pensions decision.
An anti gambling association is incorporated under Illinois laws with Chicago headquarters. Incorporators include Edward F Coff Rev William G Clarke and Thomas H McCauley all active in moral reforms. Other names listed. Ameer ul Afghanistan reports the death of the Afghan ameer and notes exhortations to his son to stay allied with Britain.
A vintage ad proclaims a one hundred dollar reward for an incurable cane of catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure. It lists F Cheney & Co Toledo as makers and claims the remedy acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Numerous druggists are cited as sellers with testimonials offered.
Long report notes Massillon and Fort Wayne figures, Patrick Boylan succeeding in a Cleveland extension role, and bids for electric street railway work in Akron area. Akron Connelly and Harry D. Cook feature in rail operations while a wreck near Warwick–Voylestown disables 14 cars. Fogs linger, a farmer injured by a fall, and a Starling woman with a ill mother in Jackson.
Ripans Tabules are compounds from a prescription trusted by leading medical authorities and are now presented in a form that is becoming fashionable everywhere.
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